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LAPACK</A>
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LAPACK is a library of Fortran 77 subroutines for solving 
the most commonly
occurring problems in numerical linear algebra.
It has been designed to be efficient on a wide range of modern
high-performance computers. The name LAPACK is an acronym for Linear
Algebra PACKage. 
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<TT>http://www.netlib.org/lapack/</TT>

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A list of LAPACK Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)<A NAME="747"></A>
is maintained on this webpage.

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<I>Susan Blackford</I>
<BR><I>1999-10-01</I>
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